Success!

I'm back. It was a great trip, in that: I won a small amount ($750); I got to hang out with some fun, quality people; and all the time at the tables completely took my mind off of everything else. When you're a "thinker" the way I am, having something on which to focus all of your attention, to the exclusion of anything else, can be a huge blessing. It gave me a chance to get a little distance and perspective on things that were causing me some anxiety last week, and that I was probably overthinking, and I feel better for it today now that I'm back in Brooklyn.

I was explaining to Alceste and to Heather why I simultaneously love and hate the 10/20 game: it can be massively profitable (love), but it can be extremely high variance (hate). To illustrate the variance, I had a stretch of an hour and a half on Saturday afternoon where I lost $700 worth of pots on the river. Heather found herself stuck $350 inside of an hour before turning that around into a $250 profit (a $600 swing) in the next hour. Her table was so juicy that I took the four-seat when it opened and had a $600 swing of my own, turning $500 into $1100 in an hour and a half. The trick, of course, is not letting the beats tilt you when they come.

All in all, a fantastic weekend. It's great to have a hobby that not only can provide a total diversion when necessary, but that also pays me for the therapy it provides. I almost want to go back again next weekend...